Part of Justice – in the House of Commons at on 26 March 2024.
Stephanie Peacock
Shadow Minister (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
In Yorkshire, Sheffield Crown court has been forced to shut twice in the last two years due to flooding. That is in addition to the already record-breaking court backlog across the UK of 67,000 cases. What measures have the Government put in place to deal with unplanned court closures, to ensure that people still have access to justice?